On Sunday, February 24, 2013, Alan DeKok wrote:
Russell Mike wrote:
i also came across where guys are discussing EAP and MAC authentication. i could not conclude, if it is a better way of doing MAC authentication using EAP.
To be clear: you don't. EAP is authentication. MAC "authentication" is just checking if the MAC address is in a known list.
Terminology matters. Using the right terminology means that the solution is usually simple. Using the wrong terminology means you're using the wrong design.
How to store MACs in MySQL database. Perhaps, i need to create additional table to store MAC, Honestly, i am not sure how to go about it. Is there any documentation that i may do NOT know of. and i can follow to finish the setup.
If all you want is a "known MAC" list, then just put them into a table in SQL. Then, select MAC addresses from the table at run time. If they're found, continue. If not, reject.
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Dear Alan D. Thanks for guidelines. exactly, as you stated I simple want to store MAC address somewhere & compair against the request. Can they be in "radcheck"? Would you recommend that? or seperate table? Storing MAC in radcheck, would it be correct terminology? Secondly, i would have list of maximum 500 MACs, how about listing them in a file. Would it be considerably slow reading from file than DB? I have no idea because I never used radius with files. Thanks Alan De. for your support ever Regards --RM